Accession Number:

AD0711587

Title:

REPORT OF LINAC OPERATION: 1 JANUARY-30 JUNE 70.

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept. no. 10.

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1970-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

26.0

Abstract:

The operation and use of the NRL 60-MeV Electron Linear Accelerator is described for the period 1 January - 30 June 1970. Progress on the research program is discussed, including 180 degrees electron scattering on H and He isotopes, photonuclear excitation studies of 11B and 13C, and neutron resonance spin determinations for isotopes. Installation of various interface electronics completes a computer data acquisition system, insofar as the neutron time-of-flight experiments are concerned, and preliminary data with the system has been taken. Total manned time for the period was 1955 hours, divided into 1320 hours for beam and set-up time including 83 hours for outside users, 612 hours devoted to maintenance and improvements, and 23 hours lost to breakdowns, a record low that will be difficult to beat. References are included, as are brief descriptions of the use of the linac by other groups. Author

Descriptors:

• (*LINEAR ACCELERATORS
• OPERATION)
• BREMSSTRAHLUNG
• ELECTRONS
• SCATTERING
• HYDROGEN
• HELIUM
• EXCITATION
• RESONANCE
• INTERFACES
• NEUTRON LIFETIME
• PHOTONUCLEAR REACTIONS
• REPORTS
• DAMAGE
• RADIATION EFFECTS
• GAMMA RAYS

Subject Categories:

• Particle Accelerators
• Nuclear Physics and Elementary Particle Physics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE